(SPRINGFIELD, Mass.) (WGGB)--The Greater Springfield YMCA reaches a milestone in its b163 year old history. For the first time ever, the organization's corporate board has a person of color as its chairman. Springfield attorney Jeff Poindexter...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) -- A long neglected memorial field in Springfield, dedicated to a pair of fallen police officers, is getting a makeover. The soccer field, named for Officers Michael Schiavina and Alain Beauregard, sits on Tinkham...

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WGGB) -- Holyoke's School Superintendent Sergio Paez is making an 11th hour appeal against a possible takeover of city schools. Massachusetts Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester is recommending that the state takeover the...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) -- With another shooting in Springfield, police are still looking for ways to stem the violence. Now they're looking to social media to get the community involved in the fight against crime. Springfield Police are...

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Police in central California say a man and a woman in a romantic relationship are dead after a shooting at a medical office building in downtown Fresno. Fresno police Lt. Joe Gomez confirmed the shooting Tuesday and said...

(Photo Provided by Westfield Police) WESTFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) -- Police in Westfield are looking for the public's help in locating a woman whom they say is wanted on ten warrants. Westfield Police are looking for Yelena Timoshenko, who was...

BOSTON (AP) -- Early education advocates are pushing a bill they say will help close a persistent achievement gap in schools and make sure more Massachusetts children can attend pre-kindergarten programs. Test scores have shown that white and...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) -- Police are investigating after someone was shot in Springfield Tuesday afternoon. Officers were called to the report of a shooting on Summit Street around 2:15 p.m. Tuesday A victim was taken by ambulance to an...

(WGGB) -- You can only put it off for so long. The tax filing deadline is approaching, which means you're running out of time to submit your return. Barbara Trombley from Trombley Associates joined ABC40's Tom Lewis and Emily Volz to talk...

(WGGB) -- This fall, one of the largest jazz festivals in the region returns to Northampton and the best part: that event is free to the public. To keep the event free, they're holding a fundraiser next month. Steven Campbell, president of...

Chaz Clark and Khair-Ulrin Raheem-Abdul (Photos provided by Springfield Police) SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) -- Two men are under arrest following an investigation Monday in Springfield, during which one of those men allegedly pointed a loaded...

(WGGB) -- With spring comes the urge to explore and the West Springfield Library has a fun line-up of events to put a spring in anyone's step Jessica Miller from the West Springfield Public Library joined ABC40's Tom Lewis and Emily Volz on...

SOUTH DEERFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) -- A popular Franklin County restaurant is closed after a kitchen fire early Tuesday morning. Deerfield Police Chief John Paciorek, Jr. says that around 1:40 a.m. Tuesday, Officer Bill Kimball, "who was overly...

(WGGB) -- Springfield Police are on the scene of a car crash at the rotary at Liberty and Armory Streets. That crash occurred about 11:30 a.m. near the exit to I-291 eastbound. At least two cars were involved in the accident and multiple...